The Ledwidge Lookoff Rally, the biggest event in our region is this Saturday and Sunday, August 19th and 20th! 12 teams from Nova Scotia, Quebec, Ontario, Newfoundland and the Turks and Caicos will take to the stages with spectator stages and special ‘Ride with a Rally Driver’ charity promotion on Saturday night at Conrad Bros Quarry in Dartmouth! After the Spectator stages cars will head off to the Noel shore on Sunday and compete on the best roads in our region!

For all the details see the Ledwidge Lookoff website and Facebook group!

And we’re off again! The second event in the 2017 Bluenose Autosport Club Rally calendar took place on Sunday with a RallySprint on the Ledwidge Lumber roads in Noel, Nova Scotia. 4 stages were run twice each to make up the 40 competitive kilometres of the event with a 45 minute service. At the end of the day the team of Maxime Méconse Larocque and Steve Vezina took first place followed by Jonathan Conrad and Wayne Pitts in 2nd and Cal Vandaalen and Meg Grandmaison rounded out the podium. Full results are available on the BAC website here.

Coming up fast is the biggest rally event of the year for our region, the 2017 Ledwidge Lookoff Rally which will take place on August 19th-20th. Saturday will host the always entertaining spectator stages in the Conrad Bros Quarry in Dartmouth while Saturday movies to the Noel Shore where a further 80km of competitive stages will provide a challenge to teams both local and from away! Check out the website and Facebook group for all the details on how to spectate, compete or volunteer to help out!

Photo by Harold Merklinger

The second event in the 2017 Bluenose Autosport Rally Championship takes place this Sunday in Tennecape, Nova Scotia, and we need YOUR help! If you want to get up close and personal with real rally cars on real roads this is the best (and only) way to do it for this event! Volunteer jobs are available for all levels of experience and mobility and you’ll get the best seat in the house! If you’re interested in helping out please contact sprint@bluenoseautosport.ca

Also stay tuned for details on the upcoming 2017 Ledwidge Lookoff Rally, our biggest event of the year!

The dust has settled, the post Rally hangovers have begun to wane and the stories, photos and videos of another Rallye Baie des Chaleurs start to appear online. The 40th Anniversary of this storied event showed why, for many, Rallye BDC is one of the Premiere Rally events in North America.Conditions for this year’s rally were highly variable with the fast, technical roads changing from dry, to rough to muddy in the spam of feet keeping teams on their toes.

Local competitor Mal Swann returned to New Richmond, this year as co-driver to Sumit Panjabi in an open class Mitsubishi EVO X where they set a blistering pace. Panjabi is quoted as saying the BDC stages are ‘The fastest I have ever driven this car’. Minor incidents didn’t stop the team from securing a very respectable 10th overall, 8th in Open 4WD class. Also showing extremely well was Tim DIne calling the notes for Quebec driver Patrick Rainville came right behind in 11th place, 9th in Open 4WD class. Dine competed at the Baie in 2017 as Co-Driver for local competitor Jonathan Conrad.

James Whitman and Daphne Sleigh did not fare as well, unfortunately. After consistent and solid performances on Stage 1-5 the local veterans unfortunately joined the ranks of the many rally teams who have found out just what’s in the roadsides of the Baie’s stages after leaving the road on SS6. Both were unhurt but were unable to continue. Both are already considering a return in 2018.

Full results are available on RallyScoring.com. Photo galleries and other media will soon be available on CDNRally.com and where all Canadian Rally news can be found!

The second event of the 2017 Canadian Rally Championship takes place this Saturday and Sunday in New Richmond, Quebec and several local competitors will be there!

#35 James Whitman and Daphne Sleigh will be making their first run at the roads of the Baie competing in the regional portion of the event on Saturday with their 1995 Golf and its new can’t-miss-it livery!

#27 Patrick Rainville takes along local co-driver Tim Dine, returning to the Baie after his first time there in 2016 co-driving for Jonathan Conrad. They’ll be competing in an open class 2001 Subaru Impreza.

#12 features veteran local Co-Driver Mal Swann, co-driving for Sumit Panjabi in an open class 2009 Mitubishi EVO X. Mal competed in 2016 as a driver in his vintage RX7 but has proven he’s equally good in either seat!

You can follow along with LIVE tracking during the rally Saturday and Sunday with our friends at http://live.cdnrally.com! Good luck guys! Rally Rally Rally!